---
type: "Bill"
title: "Open Meetings Act - Application and Enhanced Requirements (Maryland State Agency Transparency Act of 2022)"
description: "Open Meetings Act - Application and Enhanced Requirements (Maryland State Agency Transparency Act of 2022)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 269"
citation: "Maryland SB 269 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kagan"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2022-01-17"
last_action: "2022-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b6197f4d-8bfd-42fa-9425-2aa023bb6a96"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0269?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "7018c56dc2fac6892108bae26342954246c1db5d6cc23572b67c944fd5fe19eb"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
---

# Maryland SB 269 (2022) — Open Meetings Act - Application and Enhanced Requirements (Maryland State Agency Transparency Act of 2022)

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Chapter - Open Meetings Act - Application and Enhanced Requirements (Maryland State Agency Transparency Act of 2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_346_sb0269e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Open Meetings Act - Application and Enhanced Requirements (Maryland State Agency Transparency Act of 2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0269e.pdf)
3. **First - Open Meetings Act - Application and Enhanced Requirements (Maryland State Agency Transparency Act of 2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0269f.pdf)
4. **Third - Open Meetings Act - Application and Enhanced Requirements (Maryland State Agency Transparency Act of 2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0269t.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Special Order — **42–86** (fail) · lower
- On third reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- FLA Del. Arikan /983123/1 — **44–83** (fail) · lower
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **129–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kagan — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2022-01-17** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-03** Hearing 2/15 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-03-01** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-02** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-02** Floor Amendment {
- **2022-03-02** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-03-04** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-07** Referred Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-18** Hearing 3/22 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2022-04-01** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-01** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-01** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-04-04** Motion Special Order until 4/5 (Delegate M. Fisher) Rejected
- **2022-04-04** Floor Amendment {
- **2022-04-04** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-05** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2022-04-05** Motion Special Order until 4/6 (Senator Pinsky) Adopted
- **2022-04-06** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2022-04-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-06** Passed Enrolled
- **2022-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 346 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b6197f4d-8bfd-42fa-9425-2aa023bb6a96`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).